Happy Anniversary

OH and another thing, today is Aaron and I's 8 year anniversary since our first date. Here is the email I sent to him this morning! Shows a little about us!

Happy anniversary honey. It has been 8 years since we went on our 1st date! Doesn’t seem real does it. On one hand to think it has been that long, on the other to think of all that has changed in a mere 8 years.

I love you so much. I’m so glad you started crashing on my couch! See drinking did do us good in our lives – if we weren’t alcoholics who did nothing but drink every night and hadn’t passed out drunk so many times, who knows what might have happened.! Lol

In all seriousness….I wouldn’t change a thing!

And this is the conversation of emails that followed - good thing we don't take too much too seriously! lol

Aaron:
That was so romantic honey especially the part about passing out drunk. lol. I love you too honey and couldn't have written a better life for myself. You are my best friend and the best wife anyone could ever ask for. I can't wait to leave tonight and spend the week with you. It has been a great 8 years and I am looking forward to at least 2 more! Lol! I love you honey!

Me:
At least 2 more – what things gone so fast you are planning on hitting your midlife crisis early – or will that just be our 7 year itch in the marriage………
Sorry honey, but I run this marriage and I aint letting you out, so you might as well just get settled in for the next 50 or so. At like 50 years, I might give you the option and ask if you are happy, but until then death is your only way out
LOVE YOU!

Aaron:
Is that a death threat. I am forwarding this email to my brother in case I turn up dead someday!

Me:
Oh honey you’ll never turn up dead….maybe missing……….. but not dead!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Aaron:
This one is going straight to the authorities!!!! Lol

Pictures

They have this cute little train at the park - so Sunday we met up with the great-grandparents and of course we ALL had to ride the train. Yep, even had a great-grandparent on there! Everyone except for the people on the Wal-Mart car is our family, and I think it was about half adults, half kids!

Austin and his Great-Grandma DeJonge. This is my dad's mom. Man, he really stole her heart. She just couldn't stop talking about how good he was, and how he just watched her sing the whole time in church and never made a peep. Thank goodness he is a plump baby so she is confident that I'm feeding him enough! lol You just have to understand Grandma DeJonge - maybe now that I have 3 she will be trust me to keep them alive - NAW, but she just wouldn't be Grandma if she did! lol
I cherish these pictures with the Great-Grandparents, not everyone is as blessed as we are with so many of our grandparents still being alive, and since loosing Aaron's Grandmother last year, it just brought it even more to the surface that they won't be here forever. Mackenzie probably once every 2 weeks or so, will just pipe up while sitting on the couch that she misses GG, Turner unfortunately probably won't have the memories of her, but I'm sooo glad that Mackenzie does.

Cousin's hugging good bye. Gavin is a year older than Turner but you wouldn't know it in this picture. Allen and his family are moving to Houston on Thursday so this was the last time we will see them in a while. I don't think it has quite hit me yet. I gave Gavin strict instructions that he is not allowed to grow while he is there - think he will listen?!

And here was the immediate family: Ashley, Allen, Gavin, Christopher, Mackenzie, Aaron, Turner, me - ended up moving Turner up to Aaron's lap so Grandma Dejonge could hop on board too! Of course this train was a BIG hit to Turner who daily, hourly, maybe even once every 10 minutes (REALLY!) talks about trains, and if we will see one, and that he hears one, and that he wants to ride one, or is on the back of the couch like he is driving one.......

So we had a good time this weekend. Got to see some family and cousins that I grew up with but haven't seen in a while. It was definitely weird to see all of us taking over and being the ones having all the little kids running around. So Friday we went to the bar in the hotel with everyone while my sister sat with the kids. We had a great time, and maybe a little too much to drink -but hey, every once in a while you just gotta let loose, and since it was only about a 15 foot walk to my bed i was all good! lol Saturday I paid for it though :) The kids got us up about 8 and it was time to put my mommy face back on! Saturday night my dad took the kids to spend the night at his house so Aaron and I headed out to a movie - we felt like we had seen enough of the family and were ready to take advantage of our time alone. It was nice to get to go see a movie and then we just went back to the hotel to bed. And funny thing, we slept in different beds! lol Well we had two double beds, so once I got ready for bed I looked over and Aaron was sprawled out watching TV, so I just asked "hey, are we secure enough in our marriage that I can just sleep over here!" I was just SOO tired from the night before.
Sunday we got to spend some time with my Grandparents, dad and cousins again. I do have some pictures but don't have my cord with me right now to download them. I'll try to get it done tomorrow.

So tonight I've just been trying to get everything packed up for our trip to Michigan. I can't wait. I've got food, snacks, drinks, clothes, baby food, baby bed.......oh my gosh, I don't know if we will be able to fit it all in the van. Especially with Aaron going, my little pack rat! lol I give him so much crap about it every time we go somewhere and he always gets mad, just like he just did, it is like our token little squabble before we go anywhere! But really, I'll take pics of his suitcase compared to mine and kids - and let you decide! Aaron actually come home sick today, and I was nauseous all day too, so hopefully we aren't coming down with something, right before a road trip, that would NOT be fun. Well wish us luck!!

Family Family Family

So today after work we are leaving for a family reunion for my step-dad's side. Can't wait, this is such a fun family. Lots of kids, lots of jokes and lots of drinking! Who ho. Don't worry, we'll have babysitter's around to help. So we go down this weekend for the family reunion and come home on Sunday, then on Wednesday morning at about 3AM we are heading out for Michigan for a family reunion on Aaron's side. Another FUN family! We cannot wait. It seemed like so far away and now it is finally here. So this week has been busy trying to make sure I'm keeping up on laundry and chores for our out of towns, along with t-ball practice and games, gymnastics, Aaron being gone for softball.....and I'm sure that next Monday and Tuesday I'm gonna be stressed trying to get everything ready for our next trip - but we cannot WAIT. Oh and to boot - when we go to Michigan we are staying with Aaron's uncle who has a 2 week old baby! yeap, Nany Jen is on her way!!! Wow can you tell through the email that I'm bouncing off the walls today at work anxious to leave :) Hopefully Aaron can get off a little early today and we can head out of town ahead of traffic. i should have lots of good pics and stories for Monday!

We clean up pretty good

Here it is - the outfit Aaron picked out for me for his reunion. I loved it, felt great for the night. And now we have proof for when the kids get older that we were hip and good looking once upon a time! lol We had a really good time. Of course yesterday I was reminded why we don't drink very often! It was a little bit of a rough day and I hated feeling like such a beautiful day was wasted.

My dad came up yesterday to see the kiddos and took us out for lunch. Mackenzie and Turner didn't want to let him leave. I really think he should retire and become full time Grandpy, he is so good at it!

Owwweee

Could this be the next Patch Adams??!!! I'm an alien - no I'm your doctor!! lol This kid, seriously he is pure entertainment!

Austin had to have 3 shots today at his doctor's appointment, and he was NOT happy about it at all. Went down for a nap on his way back home and he is up right now eating and a happy baby. Hopefully he doesn't remember anything. OK for the stats...





First...our doctor agrees that he is PERFECT and we couldn't hardly kick her out of the room, she just wanted to stay and love on him. I have the BEST pediatrician and love her and her practice.





Height: 26.5 inches (50th%)


Weight: 18.4 lbs (70th%)


Head: 17.5 (70th %)





Tonight Aaron and I are going to a BBQ for a lady that he works with so I will be meeting a lot of his co-workers for the first time. Hope I hold up to all the compliments I'm sure he gives me at work! lol And then tonight we have Aaron's 10 year reunion. It is exciting - but I think I'm more nervous than if it were my own. So I searched and searched yesterday for a dress to wear and couldn't find anything, so when Aaron got home he said that him and Caitlyn would go find me something while I was at gymnastics so I could stop stressing about it - well I came home to 3 dresses to choose from and a pair of shoes!!! Now THAT is a good husband - oh and he only spent like $50 - so he understands my issues with having to only buy stuff on a budget! Even better. So now I have something to wear and a new personal shopper!

Just some quick pics

Sometimes you just gotta let em Dance in the Rain!

I LOVE my mommy's kisses!

Momma bear and her cubs

3 incredible reasons to smile every day and know I'm the luckiest mom in the world!